Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is famous for his images of women. Whether they are portraits of fashionable ladies, daring depictions of mythological heroines, or erotic fantasies made manifest in paint, these remarkable works of art have earned Klimt a reputation that continues to seduce viewers even today.

In these paintings and other works, Klimt captured a particular obsession of the late Nineteenth century - the femme fatale, or fatal woman. Paintings such as Judith I and Judith II (Salome) convey the essence of these powerfully compelling creatures of myth and imagination, who in their timeless capacity to inspire desire, seem to live and breathe on Klimt's canvases.